Chapter 630: Chapter 630: Commencement
Jingle bells... jingle bells... the bells are ringing...
The kindergarten’s school bell rang, and Mo Jingchun and Feiyan both looked towards the door.
Mo Jingchun’s face showed a slight surprise. The school bell, which had never been changed, was unexpectedly replaced at some point.
A moment later, a cute little girl with twin ponytails came bouncing out with a backpack on.
Seeing her brother standing outside the kindergarten gate, Candy joyfully shouted "Brother" and sped up her pace.
"Brother."
Soon after, a group of children started pouring out from the classrooms one by one.
"Let’s go."
The little one happily walked beside Mo Jingchun, looking around.
"Brother, why did you come to pick me up today?"
"I came because I had time. Don’t you like it?"
"I do!"
Even though Feiyan was always waiting outside every day, in Candy’s heart, it couldn’t compare to her brother.
"Hmm."
"I have to go out tomorrow, and I’ll be back late, so you must listen to your sister, okay?"
"Oh my, brother, you sound just like Uncle. I’m not a three-year-old; don’t worry, I won’t get into trouble."
Mo Jingchun wanted to refute Candy, but after thinking it over, he decided not to say anything. Kids always like to do the opposite, and saying too much might have the opposite effect.
Early the next morning, not far from Building No.1 of the Candy Science and Technology Park, Xu Pengfei waited with his accompanying secretary for the car heading to the kindergarten to return.
While waiting for the boss to bring Candy back, Xia Xiaomin walked over, holding a document folder.
"President Xu."
Xu Pengfei nodded, "The boss will probably arrive soon."
"He’s coming."
The three of them looked at the two cars approaching from afar.
In the car, Mo Jingchun rolled down the window and said to them, "Everyone’s here, let’s get in the car and go."
"Xia, you can ride with Old Xu."
With the boss’s arrangement, Xu Pengfei and Xia Xiaomin had no objections.
A minute later, as the three cars left the park, the barrier at the South Gate went down again.
Over in Anyang County, Su Wenyan was the general manager. She had gone over yesterday morning to arrange today’s groundbreaking ceremony.
According to Su Wenyan, there would be people coming from both the city and the province today.
Watching the scenery retreat outside the car window, Mo Jingchun couldn’t help but rub his temples.
After a long time, Mo Jingchun took a deep breath and slowly let it out.
"I’m going to nap for a bit, wake me up when we’re almost there."
"Okay, boss."
After closing his eyes, Mo Jingchun soon fell asleep amid the swaying.
The two counties are connected by highway, taking only about half an hour by car.
However, from Anyang County to the project site is a winding mountain road, with a speed limit of 60 and some sections limited to 30.
The car woke Mo Jingchun when it went through a 270° bend. He was simply jolted awake.
"How much further?"
"Ten minutes away."
Awakened, Mo Jingchun looked at the winding mountain road behind them and showed surprise.
There were so many dump trucks, it was hard to estimate the number, but as they went around the bend, the trucks behind disappeared from view.
Accompanied by a group of people, Mo Jingchun ascended to the peak of a mountain that was soon to be hollowed out.
The mountain was unnamed, and a stream meandered through its middle.
This seemingly small stream was one of the reasons Mo Jingchun decided to build the space launch center here.
The satellite map and seeing it with his own eyes made for a vastly different experience.
Mo Jingchun glanced at Su Wenyan out of the corner of his eye; no wonder she cheered so loudly after reaching the top. If there had been no one around, he would have too.
"Great mountains, great waters, great scenery."
Standing on the mountain top, everything was in full view.
A large number of machines were parked in a makeshift parking lot a mile away, an impressive sight.
"Su Wenyan."
Called by name, Su Wenyan stepped forward.
"Boss, what is it?"
"During construction, protect the surrounding environment as much as possible."
"Understood."
"Alright. Let’s head down the mountain. Those officials should be arriving soon."
The groundbreaking ceremony wasn’t complicated.
Mo Jingchun took the hoe tied with a big red flower that Xia Xiaomin handed to him, a slight smile on his lips.
Mo Jingchun wasn’t the only one holding a hoe; there were more than a dozen others.
Candy Technology alone occupied three spots: Mo Jingchun, Xu Pengfei, and Su Wenyan.
At the scheduled time, fireworks were set off one after another, and Mo Jingchun was the first to swing his hoe down.
Having done farm work before, Mo Jingchun had some experience with a hoe. It hit the ground and sank halfway in.
This earth... was quite loose. After all, he had only used a third of his strength.
Looking at the dug-up soil, Mo Jingchun understood.
This groundbreaking spot was deliberately chosen, it seemed.
Which made sense, as randomly selecting a spot that turned out to be rock would leave the leaders embarrassed.
As the heavy machinery moved in, Mo Jingchun and the others retreated to a distance.
Compared to the morning’s groundbreaking ceremony, it was the afternoon’s events that Mo Jingchun found more troublesome.
The hotel private room was filled with people seated around a large round table.
......
In the evening, near the end of the workday, Zhou Yaling took a look at her brother’s office on her way to the bathroom.
The door was still closed. Clearly, her brother hadn’t returned.
"Brother was right; he’ll return very late tonight."
Shaking her head, Zhou Yaling packed her things as she left the bathroom, picked up Bun, gave Little Grey lying under her desk a nudge, and then turned to leave.
Little Grey, confused for a moment, wagged its tail and hurriedly followed.
Despite both being pets, the treatment gap was quite noticeable.
Candy, holding a lantern and wearing a little red flower on her chest, cheerfully patted Little Grey’s head.
"Sister, hasn’t brother returned yet?"
Zhou Yaling yawned and nodded, "Not yet."
"He’ll probably come back after dinner."
Sitting in the back seat, Candy busily petted the cat and dog, absentmindedly asking, "Sister, with brother not at home, what shall we eat tonight?"
"There’s still a bag of tomato hotpot base in the fridge. How about hotpot for dinner?"
Hearing that, Candy excitedly said, "Great, great."
"Since brother doesn’t take us out for good food, we’ll secretly have hotpot, hehe."
Unlike Candy, who was all smiles, Zhou Yaling didn’t really care.
What’s so special about tomato hotpot base?
Unfortunately, her brother and Candy didn’t really like spicy food; otherwise, they wouldn’t have bought tomato-flavored hotpot base.
For someone like her who can’t do without spicy food, tomato hotpot was a bit bland.
She wouldn’t tell Candy that it was pure laziness and not wanting to cook that led her to suggest hotpot.
As night fell, the entire dining room filled with the aroma of tomatoes.
Just as Candy was enjoying her meal, the sound of the door opening came from behind her.
Looking back, Candy loudly called, "Brother~"
Mo Jingchun placed the cake he brought back on the table and marveled at the hotpot.
"I thought you didn’t like tomato hotpot?"
